Monday, March 31, 2008

In case you do not read Poker 4 Peace on a regular basis, you need to go check out his latest posts which features some phenominal photography taken from America's highways.

Go now and check it out!

http://poker4peace.blogspot.com/2008/03/uigea-update.html

On another note in the long line of my stupidity, I forgot to unregister from the Big Game last night. I ended up outlasting half of the field by not even being there. Methinks I did better than I would have by playing..

In case you do not read Poker 4 Peace on a regular basis, you need to go check out his latest posts which features some phenominal photography taken from America's highways.

Go now and check it out!

http://poker4peace.blogspot.com/2008/03/uigea-update.html

On another note in the long line of my stupidity, I forgot to unregister from the Big Game last night. I ended up outlasting half of the field by not even being there. Methinks I did better than I would have by playing..

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Whenever I get together with my cousin Stewart we find trouble. We joke quite often that we are brothers from another mother. When we get together we drink FAR too much, gamble on whatever we can think of and generally do everything possible to completely piss off our respective spouses.

Stew had some friends coming over for the Shamrock -Le fight and some poker and I made myself available obviously. COMCAST SUCKS MONKEY BALLS and we never got the fight on the TV.

SO we played some $10 sit-n-goes and I won or split all 5 of them. Pool and darts did not go as well for me though....

After the fight was long over we managed to find a bootleg of it and play it on my laptop, it looked like a really good match and I thought Shamrock was wearing Le down before he broke his wrist.

My cousin and I ended up playing heads up till about 5 am this morning. He pwns me....

The wife was less than pleased when I rolled in this morning, but she didn't punish me too hard, though I am NOT gonna be able to make the BIG GAME tonight for obvious reasons.

I decided to make myself some b-fast this morning to try and rid myself of the pain of whey too many beers. Nothing sops up the al-key-hol like grease and here's the play by play of the cure...

3 eggs, salt, pepper, a dollop of sour cream, and a dash of red pepper. Three luscious pieces of maple thick sliced bacon and a healthy portion of extra sharp cheddar cheese.

I cook my eggs well, using about half of the grease from the cooked bacon. Like sham says, bacon is life.Add the cheese and bacon to the eggs.

Turn it over and cook for a few minutes more.

Add a dollop of picante and sour cream to the finished product, with copious amounts of coffee and a slug of OJ and you have a little slice of heaven.

Whenever I get together with my cousin Stewart we find trouble. We joke quite often that we are brothers from another mother. When we get together we drink FAR too much, gamble on whatever we can think of and generally do everything possible to completely piss off our respective spouses.

Stew had some friends coming over for the Shamrock -Le fight and some poker and I made myself available obviously. COMCAST SUCKS MONKEY BALLS and we never got the fight on the TV.

SO we played some $10 sit-n-goes and I won or split all 5 of them. Pool and darts did not go as well for me though....

After the fight was long over we managed to find a bootleg of it and play it on my laptop, it looked like a really good match and I thought Shamrock was wearing Le down before he broke his wrist.

My cousin and I ended up playing heads up till about 5 am this morning. He pwns me....

The wife was less than pleased when I rolled in this morning, but she didn't punish me too hard, though I am NOT gonna be able to make the BIG GAME tonight for obvious reasons.

I decided to make myself some b-fast this morning to try and rid myself of the pain of whey too many beers. Nothing sops up the al-key-hol like grease and here's the play by play of the cure...

3 eggs, salt, pepper, a dollop of sour cream, and a dash of red pepper. Three luscious pieces of maple thick sliced bacon and a healthy portion of extra sharp cheddar cheese.

I cook my eggs well, using about half of the grease from the cooked bacon. Like sham says, bacon is life.Add the cheese and bacon to the eggs.

Turn it over and cook for a few minutes more.

Add a dollop of picante and sour cream to the finished product, with copious amounts of coffee and a slug of OJ and you have a little slice of heaven.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Pauly managed to somehow split his attention between the NCAA tourney and PLO. He game to my table as a huge stack, but got sucked out upon near the bubble. I parlayed 2 redonkulous suckouts of my own and overcame a 80/20 chip disadvantage heads up to take this mother down.....

Thats my second time playing and my second cash (2nd place)....maybe I should make time on Saturdays more often...

Pauly managed to somehow split his attention between the NCAA tourney and PLO. He game to my table as a huge stack, but got sucked out upon near the bubble. I parlayed 2 redonkulous suckouts of my own and overcame a 80/20 chip disadvantage heads up to take this mother down.....

Thats my second time playing and my second cash (2nd place)....maybe I should make time on Saturdays more often...

Here's a fun little hand that I played near the mid stages of today's 24k.

Villain had been playing like a cracked out 7 year old willing to call huge raises with the 2nd or 3rd best hand and sucking out. I was looking for the perfect situation to stack him when this came up. Keep in mind, up until this point I have played about 4 or 5 hands and shown down once.

Here's a fun little hand that I played near the mid stages of today's 24k.

Villain had been playing like a cracked out 7 year old willing to call huge raises with the 2nd or 3rd best hand and sucking out. I was looking for the perfect situation to stack him when this came up. Keep in mind, up until this point I have played about 4 or 5 hands and shown down once.

So did I just get toasted by a toaster or what? Did I make a mistake preflop?

I'm tired....I've been playing way too much poker lately.

Last night I tried playing the skillz, the bodonk and a $75 token race at the same time. I should have known better.

Everything about last night was non-conducive to playing. I played a little hooky, leaving work at 12:30 and grabbing lunch with a buddy of mine. A few beers later, and I'm at TacoMac playing HORSE and $11 SNG's with Kuro, downing more beers. Nothing is working online and I go through serious frustration in all of the games.

So I get home, we take the kids out to eat since we are too lazy/busy to cook and frankly its been awhile since we've been out. We have a nice meal, then get home and get the kids in bed.

After all that, attempting to divide my attention between 3 games was not the most sound decision. Lesson learned.

So I log on this AM to play a few hands before work and run into the hand above. I'm thinking about taking the night off.

So did I just get toasted by a toaster or what? Did I make a mistake preflop?

I'm tired....I've been playing way too much poker lately.

Last night I tried playing the skillz, the bodonk and a $75 token race at the same time. I should have known better.

Everything about last night was non-conducive to playing. I played a little hooky, leaving work at 12:30 and grabbing lunch with a buddy of mine. A few beers later, and I'm at TacoMac playing HORSE and $11 SNG's with Kuro, downing more beers. Nothing is working online and I go through serious frustration in all of the games.

So I get home, we take the kids out to eat since we are too lazy/busy to cook and frankly its been awhile since we've been out. We have a nice meal, then get home and get the kids in bed.

After all that, attempting to divide my attention between 3 games was not the most sound decision. Lesson learned.

So I log on this AM to play a few hands before work and run into the hand above. I'm thinking about taking the night off.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

As I mentioned before, I needed a spiritual cleansing of sorts on Full Tilt. I needed to change my attitude, and the donkey wasn't cutting it.

I did what any spoiled child would do, I picked up my toys and went home.

But I came back, the donkey could not be held at bay, only placated. I'll let those of you who don't already know that I am HAGBARD_III on FT and you can go ahead and smack yourself for folding to a big turn bet cause you didn't know me.

I had already begun letting the cat out of the bag last night, so I figured I might as well open it up.

It occured to me that some people might take offence at my changing names, may even forward the information to Full Tilt so they can suspend me if they determine I have violated their TOC.

I can accept that if need be. I didn't really intend to misrepresent myself, I just wanted to play free from the stigma of my persona. It was fun for a while and totally worth it. I just wanted my fellow bloggers and readers to know and if HAGBARD has to disappear and iam23skidoo returns, you won't be dealing with the same donkey.

As I mentioned before, I needed a spiritual cleansing of sorts on Full Tilt. I needed to change my attitude, and the donkey wasn't cutting it.

I did what any spoiled child would do, I picked up my toys and went home.

But I came back, the donkey could not be held at bay, only placated. I'll let those of you who don't already know that I am HAGBARD_III on FT and you can go ahead and smack yourself for folding to a big turn bet cause you didn't know me.

I had already begun letting the cat out of the bag last night, so I figured I might as well open it up.

It occured to me that some people might take offence at my changing names, may even forward the information to Full Tilt so they can suspend me if they determine I have violated their TOC.

I can accept that if need be. I didn't really intend to misrepresent myself, I just wanted to play free from the stigma of my persona. It was fun for a while and totally worth it. I just wanted my fellow bloggers and readers to know and if HAGBARD has to disappear and iam23skidoo returns, you won't be dealing with the same donkey.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

My Favorite weekly game is running tonight, you should really be plaing this tournament , big stacks, long blinds and oh a small matter of a 12K package to the World Series of Poker!!

Tournament Details and RegistrationBodog is proud to host the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series. Join up and challenge other Poker Bloggers each week in our Bodog Poker Room and live to tell about it. Earn points and work your way up the Tournament Leader Board for a spot in the final tournament for your chance to win a $12,000 World Series of Poker* prize package and be a part of Team Bodog 2008.

How it WorksThe Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series is composed of a series of 18 qualifying tournaments that run weekly beginning Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 to Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008. The top 30% of finishers in each qualifying tournament will earn points based on their finish. These points will be used to rank players over 4 months of qualifying. At the end of the qualifying series, the top 18 players on the Tournament Leader Board will play in the Final Tournament on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 with the first place finisher winning a $12,000 WSOP* prize package!

*How To Register*To register for the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series, poker bloggers must first go to http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/ and sign in with their Bodog account information in the upper right hand corner. Once this is completed, they then must click on "REGISTER NOW" to register themselves into the tournament series. Bloggers will each have to do this once in order to play in the series. Once this is done, they then need to find the "Online Poker Blogger Tournament" in the software and register as they normally would each and every week. If you need assistance with signing up for the tournament or with starting a Bodog member player account, please call or email Bodog's Poker Customer Service at 1-866-909-2237 or poker@bodoglife.com

Bodog Blogger Tournament Leader BoardThe Tournament Leader Board is available at http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/ throughout the course of the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series. It provides the point totals for every player that has played in the qualifying tournaments. The top 30% of players in each tournament receives points according to finish, which at the end of the qualifying tournaments will ultimately determine who will move on to the Final Event. The top 18 players on the TLB at the end of the qualifier tournaments will earn their way to play in the Final Event.

* tournament results for winners and losers * March 11th 2008 final table results http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com/tournament-results/final-table-tuesday-march-11-2008.html * announcements for special promotions or guest players * the latest in Bodog Poker Room news and gossip * tips on how to succeed at Bodog Poker

Blogger Tournament Live UpdatesTune in to the Buddy Dank Poker Radio Show for live tournament recaps and updates while you play at http://www.buddydank.com:9000/listen.pls

Weekly Tournament PrizesBuy-in: $10 + $1. Prize Pool will be distributed as per Bodog's standard multi-table payout table. In addition, the top 5 players for each week also wins T$109 to be used to buy-in to the $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament held every Sunday at 4:00 PM ET. The top 5 bubble players each week win a free buy-in to next week's Weekly Tournament. (T$11 will be credited to these players' Bodog account within 24 hours after the completion of the each tournament)

Final Tournament PrizesBuy-in: $0 + $0 (must finish in the Top 18 on the TLB to be invited)Grand Prize: $12,000 WSOP* Prize Package with Team Bodog2nd place: T$540 to be used to buy-in to (2) World Series or Players Choice Semifinal3rd place: T$379 to be used to buy-in to (1) World Series or Players Choice Semifinal and (1) $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament4th: T$270 to be used to buy-in to (1) World Series or Players Choice Semifinal5th: T$109 to be used to buy-in to (1) $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament

Bodog Blogger Tournament Series Promotional BannersAs part of our ongoing efforts to provide poker bloggers with the best promotional materials available, we are pleased to present a selection of banners for use anywhere on your web site. Obtaining the banners for your website is easy. Details are at http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com/tournament-news/bodog-blogger-tournament-series-promotional-banners.html

So what are YOU waiting for? Sign up today and may the best poker blogger win!

My Favorite weekly game is running tonight, you should really be plaing this tournament , big stacks, long blinds and oh a small matter of a 12K package to the World Series of Poker!!

Tournament Details and RegistrationBodog is proud to host the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series. Join up and challenge other Poker Bloggers each week in our Bodog Poker Room and live to tell about it. Earn points and work your way up the Tournament Leader Board for a spot in the final tournament for your chance to win a $12,000 World Series of Poker* prize package and be a part of Team Bodog 2008.

How it WorksThe Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series is composed of a series of 18 qualifying tournaments that run weekly beginning Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 to Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008. The top 30% of finishers in each qualifying tournament will earn points based on their finish. These points will be used to rank players over 4 months of qualifying. At the end of the qualifying series, the top 18 players on the Tournament Leader Board will play in the Final Tournament on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 with the first place finisher winning a $12,000 WSOP* prize package!

*How To Register*To register for the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series, poker bloggers must first go to http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/ and sign in with their Bodog account information in the upper right hand corner. Once this is completed, they then must click on "REGISTER NOW" to register themselves into the tournament series. Bloggers will each have to do this once in order to play in the series. Once this is done, they then need to find the "Online Poker Blogger Tournament" in the software and register as they normally would each and every week. If you need assistance with signing up for the tournament or with starting a Bodog member player account, please call or email Bodog's Poker Customer Service at 1-866-909-2237 or poker@bodoglife.com

Bodog Blogger Tournament Leader BoardThe Tournament Leader Board is available at http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/ throughout the course of the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series. It provides the point totals for every player that has played in the qualifying tournaments. The top 30% of players in each tournament receives points according to finish, which at the end of the qualifying tournaments will ultimately determine who will move on to the Final Event. The top 18 players on the TLB at the end of the qualifier tournaments will earn their way to play in the Final Event.

* tournament results for winners and losers * March 11th 2008 final table results http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com/tournament-results/final-table-tuesday-march-11-2008.html * announcements for special promotions or guest players * the latest in Bodog Poker Room news and gossip * tips on how to succeed at Bodog Poker

Blogger Tournament Live UpdatesTune in to the Buddy Dank Poker Radio Show for live tournament recaps and updates while you play at http://www.buddydank.com:9000/listen.pls

Weekly Tournament PrizesBuy-in: $10 + $1. Prize Pool will be distributed as per Bodog's standard multi-table payout table. In addition, the top 5 players for each week also wins T$109 to be used to buy-in to the $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament held every Sunday at 4:00 PM ET. The top 5 bubble players each week win a free buy-in to next week's Weekly Tournament. (T$11 will be credited to these players' Bodog account within 24 hours after the completion of the each tournament)

Final Tournament PrizesBuy-in: $0 + $0 (must finish in the Top 18 on the TLB to be invited)Grand Prize: $12,000 WSOP* Prize Package with Team Bodog2nd place: T$540 to be used to buy-in to (2) World Series or Players Choice Semifinal3rd place: T$379 to be used to buy-in to (1) World Series or Players Choice Semifinal and (1) $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament4th: T$270 to be used to buy-in to (1) World Series or Players Choice Semifinal5th: T$109 to be used to buy-in to (1) $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament

Bodog Blogger Tournament Series Promotional BannersAs part of our ongoing efforts to provide poker bloggers with the best promotional materials available, we are pleased to present a selection of banners for use anywhere on your web site. Obtaining the banners for your website is easy. Details are at http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com/tournament-news/bodog-blogger-tournament-series-promotional-banners.html

So what are YOU waiting for? Sign up today and may the best poker blogger win!

Monday, March 17, 2008

23skiddoo1. I am friends with you because you are a bigger donator than I am. Bigger? I sure hope not.2. I associate you with skiddoo which I in turn associate with some cosmic marshmallow being that goes around spreading gooey goodness. Makes sense.3. I like that you think I am kidding when I call you a donator. OK, so maybe you ARE kidding. I mean... come on!4. My latest memory of you is you running over the 200/NL blogger table and sucking out on MiamiDon with AK vs KK all in. It was truly funny. Good times, good times. Nothing pleases me more than tilting Don and several select others, including yourself.5. Who is the best Atlanta Blogger player in your opinion? Can't argue with Surf, although Kuro would be a great choice as well.

23skiddoo1. I am friends with you because you are a bigger donator than I am. Bigger? I sure hope not.2. I associate you with skiddoo which I in turn associate with some cosmic marshmallow being that goes around spreading gooey goodness. Makes sense.3. I like that you think I am kidding when I call you a donator. OK, so maybe you ARE kidding. I mean... come on!4. My latest memory of you is you running over the 200/NL blogger table and sucking out on MiamiDon with AK vs KK all in. It was truly funny. Good times, good times. Nothing pleases me more than tilting Don and several select others, including yourself.5. Who is the best Atlanta Blogger player in your opinion? Can't argue with Surf, although Kuro would be a great choice as well.

Friday, March 14, 2008

I tried to come up with a title that described my current state and ended up with the opposite.

After a 2 day trip to NY which saw me unloading my hard earned cash on the friendly folks at WSP, making a really stupid deal with Jamie for 2 cases of chips, and surviving on about 8 hours of sleep I came home to more chaos, work tilt and home chores up the wazzoo.

Such is the life of your friendly neighborhood donk.

Speaking of neighborhood, the boys and I will be playing cards at the clubhouse tonight for my monthly game. Once again I'll try to run 2 tourneys and a cash game while avoiding the temptation to stay out until 4AM. If any ATLiens want to come up, then drop me a line.

I haven't played much NLHE this week, so I'm excited to jump in to a juicy game, I'm hoping tonight works out like recent Neighborhood games and supplies me with some booty for my poker coffers.

So I don't really have anything to say, same as usual. Have a good week end folks! I think I'll try and win the MegaMillions tonight...that would be pretty cool.

I tried to come up with a title that described my current state and ended up with the opposite.

After a 2 day trip to NY which saw me unloading my hard earned cash on the friendly folks at WSP, making a really stupid deal with Jamie for 2 cases of chips, and surviving on about 8 hours of sleep I came home to more chaos, work tilt and home chores up the wazzoo.

Such is the life of your friendly neighborhood donk.

Speaking of neighborhood, the boys and I will be playing cards at the clubhouse tonight for my monthly game. Once again I'll try to run 2 tourneys and a cash game while avoiding the temptation to stay out until 4AM. If any ATLiens want to come up, then drop me a line.

I haven't played much NLHE this week, so I'm excited to jump in to a juicy game, I'm hoping tonight works out like recent Neighborhood games and supplies me with some booty for my poker coffers.

So I don't really have anything to say, same as usual. Have a good week end folks! I think I'll try and win the MegaMillions tonight...that would be pretty cool.

Saturday, March 08, 2008

My wife had a friend and her kids in town for the weekend, and I reluctantly got hopping around 9am to clean up the house.

My wife's friend came over with some other kids we both know, then the women gathered and cackled about whatever it is they talk about. I was given an excuse to be absent. I gathered up my laptop, a couple snacks and a coke, sauntered upstairs and had a nice relaxing afternoon playing poker and listening to iTunes.

Four o'clock rolled around and I luckily remembered Saturday's with DrPauly on PokerStars, a tourney I'm not usually able to play.

For the first hour or so, I was still playing in 2 FT tourneys so I didn't pay too much attention.

Fast forward 2 more hours and I was locked into a final table battle. I managed to have the chip lead coming into heads up, but lost 2 pretty horrible hands and didn't make much of a fight of it.

I don't play much Omaha High, so I stuck with playing Aces, Kings, Queens, and some sooted connector options. When the blinds were getting big I only played position and premium hold'em hands. I got gunned down by a rivered nut flush and a well hidden low straight both against premium hold'em type hands. I also played two of the steps tourneys and got a step 2 on 1 and a rebate on the other.

I'll have to give some PLO tourneys a few more tries to see if today was just a fluke.

My wife had a friend and her kids in town for the weekend, and I reluctantly got hopping around 9am to clean up the house.

My wife's friend came over with some other kids we both know, then the women gathered and cackled about whatever it is they talk about. I was given an excuse to be absent. I gathered up my laptop, a couple snacks and a coke, sauntered upstairs and had a nice relaxing afternoon playing poker and listening to iTunes.

Four o'clock rolled around and I luckily remembered Saturday's with DrPauly on PokerStars, a tourney I'm not usually able to play.

For the first hour or so, I was still playing in 2 FT tourneys so I didn't pay too much attention.

Fast forward 2 more hours and I was locked into a final table battle. I managed to have the chip lead coming into heads up, but lost 2 pretty horrible hands and didn't make much of a fight of it.

I don't play much Omaha High, so I stuck with playing Aces, Kings, Queens, and some sooted connector options. When the blinds were getting big I only played position and premium hold'em hands. I got gunned down by a rivered nut flush and a well hidden low straight both against premium hold'em type hands. I also played two of the steps tourneys and got a step 2 on 1 and a rebate on the other.

I'll have to give some PLO tourneys a few more tries to see if today was just a fluke.

Thursday, March 06, 2008

I have sent a request to remove iam23skidoo from Full Tilt, but make no mistake, I am still around. I needed to make a change that went beyond my name and avatar, I finally decided that a whole new poker persona is needed. So far I have had some fantastic results, so we shall see if this is for real.

I played out the rest of my FPP's at FullTilt this morning and I garnered a Token for taking down a 600 Point tourney. I played a 90 person KO tourney with my token and here's the result:

Wee, from $0 to $75.

I decided to just keep it playing and entered a Tier 3 1-table tourney. Unfortunately I blazed out in 5th.

I transferred the remainder to my chat and dial a shot buddy KAT! Cheers to you Kitty!

R.I.P. MR Donkey

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Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Did a little bit better at the final table this time, pushed JTs into A6s and missed everything to empty as a co-shortstack with Drizzz.

Drizz and empty played a really good heads-up match and Drizz was able to overcome a 5:1 chip deficit. Good stuff.

Early on I played fairly tight, and loosened up a little after the 3rd level. With 76s I called a smallish utg raise and call by MiamiDon. The flop came all spades and I check raised Don's flopped set. We eventually got the $ in and the board did not pair. I took a nice lead and stayed in the top 5 for most the night.

I took out poor PokahDave's QQ with presto, I can't remember any other specific hands other than splitting big pots with goat AK vs AK and someone else A5 vs A5 rivered straight.

I should have a pretty nice spot on the leaderboard, a win sure would be nice though.